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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/on-demand-programme-services-tier-1-services-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/235",
  "legislation_title": "The On-demand Programme Services (Tier 1 Services) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/on-demand-programme-services-tier-1-services-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations specify a description of on-demand programme services, or non-UK on-demand programme services, as Tier 1 services for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 4A of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (on-demand programme services: regulation of Tier 1 services).\nRegulation 2 provides that such a service is a Tier 1 service if it has more than 500,000 users in the UK but not including an on-demand programme service provided by the BBC. Regulation 3 defines a user of a service and provides that a person is not a user if the person accesses the on-demand programme service or non-UK on-demand programme service by means of user-to-user service (for example, a channel on a video-sharing platform). However, this exception does not apply to a person who uses an on-demand programme service provided by a public service broadcaster, other than the BBC (ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C or Channel 5).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen. Instead a de minimis assessment has been prepared as this instrument is likely to entail some costs for businesses, but the net impact is estimated to be below £10 million per year. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the UK legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/235/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:53.932186+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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